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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹27.30 lakh on Asset Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd (ACRE), an asset reconstruction company (ARC), for non-compliance with certain provisions of RBI directions on income recognition.   RBI's statutory inspection of ACRE, conducted...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on Investowryght Research Analytics Pvt Ltd, citing violations involving assurance of returns and recovery of losses, inducement of clients to trade and add funds, know-your-customer (KYC)...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the certificates of registration (CoR) of 30 investment advisers (IAs) for failing to pay the mandatory renewal fees required to keep their registrations in force. The regulator said the action was necessary to prevent...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the stockbroker registration of Delhi-based Modex International Securities Ltd (MISL) after finding serious violations involving misuse and misappropriation of client funds and securities, manipulation of records and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected Tata Sons Pvt Ltd’s application to voluntarily surrender its registration as a core investment company (CIC), bringing an end to a long-running uncertainty over the holding company’s regulatory status and putting its stock market listing firmly back...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 September 2026
The union government has tightened India's e-commerce rules, bringing stricter requirements for online platforms on consumer complaints, search rankings, sponsored listings, discounts, dark patterns, seller disclosures and the use of customer data.   The department of consumer affairs on...

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Even as I write this, somewhere in an Indian courtroom, a lawyer is asking a judge to silence a man who doesn't exist. In the US, he is called John Doe; In India, Ashok Kumar— a placeholder for an anonymous person who has not yet been traced and so cannot be named. Unfortunately, John Doe orders...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore on IndusInd Bank Ltd, in its capacity as a corporate agent (CA), for failing to establish and implement an appropriate grievance redressal mechanism for insurance policyholders. The regulator...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1.15 lakh on Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh-based Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Ltd for non-compliance with RBI’s directions relating to membership of credit information companies (CICs) by cooperative banks and know-your-customer (KYC)...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the registrations of two research analysts (RAs) Prerna Sharma and Priyanka Yadav, proprietor of Trade Money Research with immediate effect, citing serious regulatory violations and concerns over investor...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has launched Demat 2.0, a pilot project that introduces tokenised corporate bonds on a distributed ledger while settling payments through RBI’s wholesale central bank digital...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 September 2026
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZL) chief executive officer (CEO) Karan Adani and chief financial officer (CFO) B Ravi have settled adjudication proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying a settlement amount of ₹13.65 lakh each in connection...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 September 2026
The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore on ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Ltd for lapses relating to outsourcing, vendor management and corporate governance requirements.   In an order, IRDAI's whole-time member  (WTM) for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised the position limits applicable to clients in the commodity derivatives segment and rationalised the penalty framework for violations of prescribed open interest limits.   The changes, announced through a circular,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of ₹2 lakh on two designated persons of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) for violating trading-window restrictions and failing to obtain mandatory pre-clearance before carrying out certain trades. SEBI has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the deadline for existing angel funds to comply with the mandatory accredited investor requirement by nearly seven months, giving them additional time to transition to the revised regulatory framework.   In a circular...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 September 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has further eased regulatory compliance for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) that invest exclusively in government securities, removing the requirement to furnish investor group details.   In a circular issued on 7 September...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 September 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a combined penalty of ₹34.90 lakh on three credit information companies (CICs): TransUnion CIBIL Ltd, CRIF High Mark Credit Information Services Pvt Ltd and Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt Ltd for failing to credit compensation to eligible...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 September 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a total penalty of ₹10.40 lakh on two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for failing to comply with regulatory directions issued by the banking regulator.   The penalised NBFCs are Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd and Sammaan Finserve Ltd.   Hinduja...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 September 2026
One of India's most beloved rum brands finds itself at the centre of a significant legal and regulatory controversy, with the Bombay High Court declining to provide immediate relief to the manufacturer of Old Monk against a state-wide sales prohibition and the product's own bottle labels now...

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